I have fair, thin and translucent skin under my eye, but have hollowing I would like to fix with fat grafting. Is it possible to have a good outcome in someone with super thin skin. Will the fat show through my see through skin?
November 4, 2011
Answer: No you are not a fat grafting candidate.
Please do not let someone experiment on your eyelids. We know the end result. Lumps, bumps and much unhappiness. Fat grafting the lower eyelid is not a great procedure to begin with. The key for it to even remotely work is the ability to hide grafted fat under thicker skin and in fat layers. If you have thin skin and a think lower eyelid, no matter how good those Newport Beach surgeons are at blowing smoke in your direction, you are have very high risk of having an unsatisfactory result. That is probably why you are posting on this site. Somewhere in your brain you know this sounds too good to be true. Please listen to that intutition.
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November 4, 2011
Answer: No you are not a fat grafting candidate.
Please do not let someone experiment on your eyelids. We know the end result. Lumps, bumps and much unhappiness. Fat grafting the lower eyelid is not a great procedure to begin with. The key for it to even remotely work is the ability to hide grafted fat under thicker skin and in fat layers. If you have thin skin and a think lower eyelid, no matter how good those Newport Beach surgeons are at blowing smoke in your direction, you are have very high risk of having an unsatisfactory result. That is probably why you are posting on this site. Somewhere in your brain you know this sounds too good to be true. Please listen to that intutition.
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March 16, 2015
Answer: Fat grafting in the lower eyelid with thin skin
Fat grafting can be great for you. The thin skin can sometimes make the results more difficult to achieve. But you have to either accept the thin hollow lower eyelid skin or go with the fat grafting. Fat grafting can be done with this anatomy and you can get great results. But I would go to someone with experience.
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March 16, 2015
Answer: Fat grafting in the lower eyelid with thin skin
Fat grafting can be great for you. The thin skin can sometimes make the results more difficult to achieve. But you have to either accept the thin hollow lower eyelid skin or go with the fat grafting. Fat grafting can be done with this anatomy and you can get great results. But I would go to someone with experience.
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